Halloween Costume Disasters...
http://goteaminternet.com/show/31312A tiny part of me really wants to dress up as either Rasputin or the lead singer of Laibach. For the first I would be probably mistaken as a mad man and the second a Stalinist Nazi.
Or worse come worse, I can dress in my 1960s clothes and pretend to be an extra/reject from Mad Men (but that's who I pretend to be everyday):
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MisterDarcy said, (57 days ago)
@ABoyNamedArt: Um, I'm in marketing? And we have two-o'clock bar hours. So, it's basically Mad Man and my office aren't too far apart.
ABoyNamedArt said, (57 days ago)
Darcy: No, I get that you work an office job. And I understand that advertising has traditionally lagged when it comes to racial integration. But, the culture of white privilege and misogyny surrounding this show, justified and seemingly marketed under the argument of, "This is when Men were MEN," make its' rise in popularity rather frightening.
http://thehathorlegacy.com/the-misogyny-in-mad-men-is-ironic-all-right/
http://www.racialicious.com/2007/07/30/mad-men-racism-in-advertising-part-1-of-2/
http://www.racialicious.com/2007/07/31/mad-men-racism-in-advertising-part-2-of-2/
No worries with Laibach. Dude's hat is spiffy.
MisterDarcy said, (57 days ago)
@ABoyNamedArt:
I seriously doubt that the popularity of Mad Men has anything to do with that. It's the snazy outfits, the darkness of the whole series and the weird alternative reality feel of the show - looking at an exerageted look of how things were back then.
It's like watching David Lynch's Blue Velvet, feels very familiar yet not so - with a dark misanthropy hanging over anything. Most of the characters are unsympathetic and everyone in the show is so damn unhappy with themselves.
People who claim that the show is "pro" sexism and racism are probably the same who find the movie Amelie as a repulsive "old world" racist utopia portrayal of Paris. You could could argue that (everyone is basically white in the movie), but only social science majors would overthink and argue that (heck, I'm a social science major too).
As for Laibach, I think they have dressed as SS officers, but they're being absurdist fashion.
ABoyNamedArt said, (57 days ago)
Darcy: I'm gonna have to disagree with you a bit there. The outfits really don't seem any "snazzier" than a contemporary suit. And if the selling point (har har) is group misanthropy, rather than misogyny, then that doesn't exactly assuage my concerns.
Oddly enough, I'm more inclined to take Laibach's SS stylings as absurdist. Hell, even the Ramones liked to wear iron crosses, I read.
MisterDarcy said, (57 days ago)
@ABoyNamedArt:
Re: Outfits, I think the whole 40-60s era is becoming fashionable in some parts, seeing what some women wear these days and how mid-century modern furniture is the thing to have in some circles.
On the misanthropy: I kind of like it. Interesting to see American Culture accepting of something that is so un-American. Until recently, US film/shows were all happy go-lucky. Now we have Dark Night and Mad Men, both sad and tortured shows.
In any case, I think you've influence me to take a closer look at the Laibach guy. :)
@El Indio:
Me too, me too.
MisterDarcy said, (57 days ago)
@ABoyNamedArt:
Any movie that has Jews in it don't count. It's always tragic somehow. Also, was the movie a blockbuster-ish success or merely an artistic one? I have been curious about that.
ABoyNamedArt said, (57 days ago)
Any movie that has Jews in it don't count. It's always tragic somehow.
Ok, now that is dark comedy. Cheers, sir.
retro joe said, (56 days ago)
If I could get decent late 50s early 60s suits in my size that would be my standard of dress.
Also, Mad Men is masterfully done, from the historical perspective. Instead of trying to focus on an historically accurate event or character, or even theme, they use a very common fictional setting. Then they let history happen around them. Granted, the drama within the office is highly concentrated. It is based upon cultural concerns of the time (early Women's Lib movement, the beginning of mainstream counter culture).
Why on earth would you want to dress like a career misogynist?